Each year, thousands of consulting contracts are awarded by organizations to experts who help them with challenges involving people, processes, technologies, goals, resource allocation, decision making, problem solving, and more. These experts – consultants – diagnose problems, recommend solutions, facilitate interventions, and evaluate outcomes that are often related to human communication. Some consultants are academicians skilled in both doing and interpreting research for clients; others are practitioners with little use for research and theory. Driving all of the ideas showcased in Consulting That Matters: A Handbook for Scholars and Practitioners is the premise that sound theory and research are critical to consulting success, and should be the blueprints for successful organizational transformation. Thus, this book is for all types of consultants, including the very best who are at the top of their games and those who believe theory and research belong in ivory towers, not business settings. Featuring a «who's who» of preeminent communication scholars/consultants, each author shares frameworks, strategies, and examples from their own diverse experiences, all grounded in rich, substantive theory and research. The volume offers even the most skilled and experienced consultants a range of alternative approaches, paradigms, and competencies to build their credibility and make them more valuable to their clients in a dynamic, ever-evolving business climate.

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Information

Publisher

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Year

2016

ISBN

9781453917183

Edition

Topic

Languages & Linguistics

Subtopic

Communication Studies

Index

Languages & Linguistics

Cover
Contents
Preface
Foreword
Part One: Creating a Consulting Identity That Matters
Part Two: Creating a Consulting Experience That Matters: The Groundwork
Part Three: Facilitating a Consulting Experience That Matters
Part Four: Briefs and Case Studies in Consulting That Matters